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Belinda smiled in response. “Thank you, Mom.”
The tension between them eased as they chatted for a while longer. Eventually, Holley left, leaving Belinda to her thoughts. On her way back to her office, Belinda felt a sense of relief. She had expected her mother to be far angrier, but Holley’s reaction had surprised her completely. Knowing that Holley wasn’t upset with her allowed her to breathe easier.
Back at her desk, Belinda refocused on her work, her mind finally at peace.
Meanwhile, Lucas had an unusually busy day. By the time evening rolled around, he still hadn’t made it home for dinner. As he prepared to shut down his computer and call it a day, his phone rang. The name on the screen made him pause. It was Ryan calling.
“Hello,” Lucas answered.
“Lucas,” Ryan’s voice came through, calm but tinged with concern. “Verena and I are at the Dream Club now. Can you come?”
No matter what I say, she won’t listen to me. She’s really in a bad
frowned, his grip tightening around the phone. Ryan hesitated for a moment
be there right away.” Ending the call, Lucas grabbed his keys
Ryan wrestling a beer bottle out of Verena’s grasp. “Verena, that’s
where imagination
He looked up, relief washing over his face when he saw Lucas enter the room. “Lucas, thank God you’re here,” he said with
mention of Lucas’ name, Verena froze. Slowly, she turned to look at him,
and sat beside Verena, his voice low and husky. “Verena, is drinking really the
and tears welled up in them. She bit her lip, her voice trembling as she choked out the words that had been weighing on her heart for a while. “Lucas,” she muttered, “why did
he refused Belinda last night? Honestly, he didn’t know. Perhaps it was because rejecting Belinda would have embarrassed her in front of everyone. Or maybe, in the presence of Johnson, he had intentionally played along, hoping the man would back off. Or perhaps, deep down, he simply
and because of this uncertainty, he didn’t answer.
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